An Kai walked out of the main hall at the Evergreen Gang Headquarters-no, it was now the forbidden zone of "Goodness Home."
Malken had long been waiting there.
"My lord, our Chaos..."
"Hmm?"
"Goodness... Goodness Home's first caravan has reached the entrance. They're registering now."
Although Chaos City Outer City had been renamed Goodness Home over a month ago, Malken still felt embarrassed every time he said the name aloud...
A month ago, An Kai had suddenly gone off the rails, saying that Chaos City sounded awful and made the place seem like a den of demons.
He wanted to rename it.
At the time, Malken, Wayne, Hanks, and the others had been thoroughly bewildered. They had wondered what difference there was between this place and a den of demons, even if it technically wasn't one.
Only Nurnexius had wholeheartedly supported An Kai's idea.
That made sense, really. Nurnexius wholeheartedly supported every idea An Kai had.
To support An Kai, that damned beast had ruthlessly tormented his own underlings. Malken had heard Nurnexius say more than once that his underlings' bones were delicious to gnaw on.
The man and beast had a very reasonable arrangement: An Kai ate the meat, and Nurnexius gnawed on the bones...
With someone backing him, An Kai had been full of enthusiasm. After carefully considering his options, he had finally renamed Chaos City "Goodness Home"...
The name change officially marked a complete severing of ties with Chaos City Inner City.
From then on, Goodness Home was Goodness Home, and Chaos City was Chaos City.
Except...
The name "Goodness Home" was just too...
Whenever Malken thought of the city's new name, then recalled what An Kai and the others actually did, an inexplicable sense of shame washed over him...
"What are you daydreaming about with your